After being denied a ballot and suing this state’s board of elections, Ezekiel Gillespie became its first Black voter. The mascot of this state’s 8th Infantry Regiment during the Civil War was a bald eagle named “Old Abe.” At an oration (-5[1])to this state’s agricultural society (-5[1])in 1859, Abraham Lincoln denounced the mudsill theory. A crowd of more than 5,000 people in this state broke Joshua Glover out of prison. A “bridge war” in this present-day (10[1])state (10[1])led to the unification of settlements established by (-5[1])Solomon Juneau (10[1])and Byron Kilbourn. This state (-5[1])ruled the Fugitive Slave Act unconstitutional (10[1]-5[1])in a decision that (10[1]-5[1])the Supreme (-5[1])Court later overturned (10[1])in Ableman v. Booth. (-5[1])Politicians in this state’s city of Ripon (“RIP-un”) met to found the Republican Party. (10[1])For 10 points, name this (10[1])state that became a Progressive bastion thanks to Robert La Follette. (10[2])■END■ (10[10]0[1])